Child was the ref at the DW last night for Wigan v Quins. Some of the decisions he came up with were nothing short of baffling. In the first half Sam Tomkins kicked for touch and it hit Child and bonced away over to the wing and he gave a scrum with a Wigan head and feed! Bizarre. He then realised his error and spotted a phantom knock-on at the next play-the-ball and gave Quins the head-and-feed. The man's a clown

Quote ="dirtbag83"Child was the ref at the DW last night for Wigan v Quins. Some of the decisions he came up with were nothing short of baffling. In the first half Sam Tomkins kicked for touch and it hit Child and bonced away over to the wing and he gave a scrum with a Wigan head and feed! Bizarre. He then realised his error and spotted a phantom knock-on at the next play-the-ball and gave Quins the head-and-feed. The man's a clown'" If you are baffled by the Laws, may I suggest you read them on the RFL website. www.therfl.co.uk/a_guide_to_the_ ... icial_laws Perhaps you may then understand (or not) what is going on!!!

Quote ="dirtbag83"Child was the ref at the DW last night for Wigan v Quins. Some of the decisions he came up with were nothing short of baffling. In the first half Sam Tomkins kicked for touch and it hit Child and bonced away over to the wing and he gave a scrum with a Wigan head and feed! Bizarre. He then realised his error and spotted a phantom knock-on at the next play-the-ball and gave Quins the head-and-feed. The man's a clown'" If you are baffled by the Laws, may I suggest you read them on the RFL website. www.therfl.co.uk/a_guide_to_the_ ... icial_laws Perhaps you may then understand (or not) what is going on!!!

Off topic but I've always thought Sky should sort out a red button service so I could turn off the commentators and just hear the ref's mike


I think thats a cracking idea, how workable it would be with the players in the heat of the moment i don't know, but I would much rather listen to the ref than either Ernie or Bert.
I voted for Ganson, I think he is by far the best, but, when he makes a mistake you know it's going to be a big one.
Some of the stuff he comes out with to the players is brilliant.

I though the question was Best ref not who gives the best comedy value. How anyone can vote Ganson really is beyond me.

Though Silverwoods reffing of the Anzac game was spot on.

Very accurate.

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You and the previous poster obviously don't have girlfriends/wives!!!!

You have no conception of size at all!!!!

Agreed, with a massive difference in quality and consistency between them.

The lad who reffed the Sheffield-Leigh game did well last night.

I am really suprised that Silverwood is getting votes. Some of the most niggly irritating pedantic ref performances I've ever seen have been by him.